This Barbie-Like Model Quit Her Career For 2 Years After Being Bullied Online, Now She Came Back With The Thunder
At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking Duckie Thot was a human Barbie doll. The South Sudanese-Australian model’s smooth skin, silky hair, and slender frame are causing a commotion on Instagram – but her road to stardom hasn’t exactly been lined with Dream Houses.
When Nyadak (Duckie) Thot was just 17, she was a frontrunner on the 2013 season of Australia’s Next Top Model. Though it sounds like an empowering experience, Duckie later opened up about the constant torment she faced on social media regarding her natural hair, skin color, and weight, including being called ‘cauliflower head’ by former US Top Model contestant and a famous model Winnie Harlow. “I took quite a few blows as a 17-year-old girl — and it was hard to understand why,” the dark skin model told Teen Vogue in an emotional 2016 interview. She found a mentor in Top Model judge and fellow cyberbullying victim Charlotte Dawson, and though Dawson tragically committed suicide in 2014, Duckie still lives by the photo model’s advice to this day. “That was really my driving force post-show.”
After taking a couple of years off to regain her strength, Duckie came back with the thunder. Now 21 years old, she’s got almost 300 thousand followers on Instagram and is carving out icon status on her terms. Oh, and she’s happily accepted the ‘Barbie’ title given by her fans. Read more about the model’s story below!
Meet 21-year-old South Sudanese-Australian model Duckie Thot, whom people often confuse for a barbie
You might remember Duckie from the 2013 season of Australia’s Next Top Model, where she was a contestant
Though she was only 17 then, she faced relentless bullying on Twitter over her natural hair and skin colour
After being called cruel names, such as ‘cauliflower head,’ Duckie disappeared from the spotlight for 2 years
After coming back with the thunder, she finally opened up about the painful experiences she went through
“I’ve been molded by absolutely everybody in every corner,” she told Teen Vogue in late 2016
“When I started listening to my own voice, that’s when things really started picking up for me”
The stunning beauty has since relocated from Australia to New York City, and is feeling better than ever
With almost 300 thousand Instagram followers, Duckie is carving out new success on her own terms
“You’ll always have people say negative things about you… what people think about you doesn’t define you”
Real talk – although, Duckie doesn’t seem to mind other people likening her to an iconic doll
What do you think? Did you have to do a double-take? Let us know in the comments!
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Share on FacebookCauliflower head??? What kind of strange cauliflowers are people growing there? She's stunning!!
Strange cauliflowers XD I don't know why i found that so funny
Load More Replies...Omg ! She looks like a real barbie .... Like hundred percent better than those who undergo several surgeries to look like barbie ,that ruins their health
Such natural beauty...and poise. I bet stylists/designers are gagging to dress her...
Im gagging to undress her! pepe-the-f...e42250.png
Load More Replies...simply stunning!!! don't ever listen to anuone but yourself!! you are gorgeous!!
I get that everyone has their own idea and opinion of perfection. But why some people feel the need to be cruel and spiteful about it, I just don't get. But I do think it says more about them than the person they are hating on, in all honesty. I'm glad she has moved past caring what the bullies say. It's the best way to be happy with yourself!
I know it's in boredpanda's nature to instantly support any "painful" story that seems to show up on here, but seriously I can't find any empathy for this woman... She quit her job for two years because "cauliflower head" was to hurtful for her to take? Seriously? She really is a barbie....
Another model calling her "cauliflower head" was only one example. There were many others. I'd give her a break, as she was 17-years-old when the bullying started. She may have needed time off to mature enough to handle the sudden fame.
Load More Replies...she is so striking! she doesnt seem real! such hateful people on the internet, envy drives them to hurt others. Im glad she is going again at it and strong!
She is beautiful! My heavens....people go to great lengths to annihilate someone when they are jealous of them! Just be yourself and leave other people alone to their own choices! Don't be ugly inside ..because it WILL show outside!
Why would they call her a cauliflower? That doesn't even make sense. She is flawless!
I can't believe how stunning she is! I love the fact that she doesn't promoting herself with a sexistic way!
i'm green but it's not envy its smugness. i want her to sign my katana and sniff my mawashi gHOcm4R-62...5a7c9c.png
Load More Replies...BULL S**T. I am to care WHY? Looks like a white mans dream of a brown spray painted Barbie novel? yes and??????????????????
She's gorgeous. Her last name is a little unfortunate these days. In this country at least.
Holy Hell that girl is stunning! How in the hell did she not win Top Model?
She's very pretty in real life - I've seen her in videos - but there's something about these pictures that make her look less attractive and more artificial. I think they've photoshopped them. In these pictures she reminds me of Valeriya Lukyanova. She'd be better off doing a natural shoot than trying to look like a doll of some sort.
What a shame she didn't stick to her natural hair and show to fingers to those who torment us black women for being proud of who we are
If she is a Cauliflower head, then cauliflowers are sure damn beautiful!!
omg her facial symmetry is perfect, no wonder she looks like a doll. It's unreal.
I want her to sniff my poo-poo filled mawashi and sign my katana. I also want to lick her and play DooM with her. me-and-my-...c82e5d.png
Load More Replies...She could be beautiful if she stopped trying to look like a plastic doll. She looks fake with those stiff poses and showing no emotions. I would not want my daughters to strive for this.
I was waiting for the picture of Duckie not knowing that the picture I was looking at was actually her. She looks like a beautiful black doll. Give `em hell and get that money. You are a beautiful black young lady!!!!
SHE SIGNED MY KATANA AND LICKED MY MAWASHI KEK BE PRAISED! 4236202-Pe...e09d00.png
Load More Replies...based. but I still want to squeeze her. c509v95lk9...3a-png.jpg
Load More Replies...She's gorgeous. Bangs really suit her. What a beautiful face and skin.
based. she doesn't even look like a thot. she's too natural. pepe-smirk...517e67.gif
Load More Replies...All of her body just like a pure chocolate! Really, she makes me hungry :v
if i get to lick her and have my katana signed i will invite her over to your place so we can lick her together. pepe-eats-...21-png.jpg
Load More Replies...She is beautiful, I thought for a moment I was looking at pictures of a Barbie Doll, till I read the article, they should make a Barbie Doll of her. Anyone bullying her is just simply stupid, jealous, or both.
She and her friend are incredible beauties. They need to get with a good agency and go to Europe. They will come back with more pictures and experience and then New York will go crazy. See only the best photographers while your here. Your pictures are great already you have amazing proportions great hands, just lovely. So tall and lithesome, find artists that are amazed by your look, they will force the doors open for you. Much success to both of you.
It appears that she's a victim of Marfan Syndrome. That will cause her a great deal of problems when she is older, so I hope she can live her life to the fullest before the side effects become too extreme.
still hot though. tall women rule! 9e3-62a040...7-jpeg.jpg
Load More Replies...OK I'm just gonna come out and say it and risk the downvotes. Is it healthy for her to be that skinny? If that's her natural weight, fine. But I'm concerned about the impression her slim body might make on young girls. (I myself am an overly skinny person with low blood pressure and I too am concerned about my own weight and whether it might affect my health.)
from where the f**k you see her as cauliflower head? dude you must be blind please visit a eye specialist and a psychiatrist too.
How could anyone say this young woman isnt beautiful? Look at her! She is stunning! Her skin is like rich dark chocolate and just as smooth. Normally I don't gush over girls, but hey, she is gorgeous! You go girl! Don't let the haters get to you! Raise above!
I want her to gush me in her milky jugs and have her tickle me. I will also poo-poo in my mawashi for her! tumblr_nlm...f044d1.jpg
Load More Replies...How horrible is that Winnie Harlow! She of all people should know what it's like to be different!
Winnie Harlow will get pwned by a man in a diaper! pepe-and-w...9d23a6.jpg
Load More Replies...What a beautiful young woman. Forget what others think. You are stunning.
I want to squeeze and lick her. If I poo-poo in my mawashi will she sign my katana? 13253162-6...6553e.jpeg
I want to squeeze her and lick her! If I poo-poo in my mawashi will she sign my katana? 13253162-6...d9191.jpeg
To me, African women epitomize beauty. Modern models all aim to mimic the full lips, high cheek bones, exotic colouring and slim build which seem to come quite naturally to a great number of Sudanese, Ethiopian and Somali women. Great genes? Could be the cradle of humanity is also the font of beauty. Just thinkin' on my iPad...
OMG she is just gorgeous....I thought it was a real doll.....she looks just like a real doll....she is beautiful....people are just hateful....
Interesting, the original pictures in this article were removed and replaced with only ones that have been Photoshopped to the hilt...her face is not that smooth and she has deep smile lines and different proportions. Anyone can look like a plastic toy with enough clicks on a computer and wigs on her head.
She's stunning. This is what people send thousands of pounds trying to look like.
“You’ll always have people say negative things about you… what people think about you doesn’t define you” This is how to tackle the online trolls.It's about YOU, not THEM.
You will be defeated by a man in a diaper! 2641830-Pe...d0b1be.jpg
Load More Replies...Such a doll! What a beauty... I guess, those people who mocked her was just deadly jealous!
based. she should go to macdonalds with me so she can beat me at sumo wrestling afterwards. i will give her the perfect mawashi! 4odDWnn-62...86-png.jpg
Load More Replies...She is gorgeous!just shouldn't listen to those envious negative comments...Go get the stars Gal.
I think she is AMAZING and beautiful. F**K THE HATERS. They are NOTHING!! Love you Duckie!!
She is a stunner - I really though tI was looking at a doll!! LOL So happy that she got over her issues. This world has too many ppl. who should be looking after their own problems instead of attacking others.
She is a beautiful young woman. Shame on those who cruelly taunted her. I think she is lovely.
She is absolutely stunning, and don't let anyone tell you other wise young lady!
wow, her face looks the same in all the pictures. maybe a smile would be a good variation...
Gotta wonder if you have to be post-traumatic to want to look this way.
I remember her been in next top model and I absolutely love her style and shoots
Barbie never looked this good. I love Duckie, have watched this young lady on her sister's vlog (Nikkie and Jamie, on Youtube), always thought not only is she beautiful but from what I have seen super sweet inside as well and VERY funny! I watch the older vlogs just to see her and her gorgeous sister Nickie hang out/spend time together. They are super adorable together you can tell they are close. I love them because we need more positive role models as such. What I find is when someone is this fierce, the people that are super flawed inside lash out. Duckie keep doing your thing gorgeous!!!
She is gorgeously beautiful, a very rare one! Its envy, jealousy and insecurity that make people turn into bullies. Never take note of their opinion!
Sumo is the ancient shinto art of LOSER STOMPING! 2679069-Pe...b6-png.jpg
Load More Replies...She is stunning!! Don't listen to the internet bullies or trolls. Those type of people are ugly and unhappy with their own life. So be yourself and make your parents proud of you for what you have become. You are absolutely smart and confidently beautiful!!
Ooooh look, another "great looking woman used to feel bad but feels better now, you go girl!" thread. VOMIT
Oh it's you again. Stop upvoting your own comments. Trolls don't feed themselves you know.
Load More Replies...who's more creepy her or a super duper sumo who wants to offer her a poop filled mawashi! sale-on-to...b8efd5.png
Load More Replies...Cauliflower head??? What kind of strange cauliflowers are people growing there? She's stunning!!
Strange cauliflowers XD I don't know why i found that so funny
Load More Replies...Omg ! She looks like a real barbie .... Like hundred percent better than those who undergo several surgeries to look like barbie ,that ruins their health
Such natural beauty...and poise. I bet stylists/designers are gagging to dress her...
Im gagging to undress her! pepe-the-f...e42250.png
Load More Replies...simply stunning!!! don't ever listen to anuone but yourself!! you are gorgeous!!
I get that everyone has their own idea and opinion of perfection. But why some people feel the need to be cruel and spiteful about it, I just don't get. But I do think it says more about them than the person they are hating on, in all honesty. I'm glad she has moved past caring what the bullies say. It's the best way to be happy with yourself!
I know it's in boredpanda's nature to instantly support any "painful" story that seems to show up on here, but seriously I can't find any empathy for this woman... She quit her job for two years because "cauliflower head" was to hurtful for her to take? Seriously? She really is a barbie....
Another model calling her "cauliflower head" was only one example. There were many others. I'd give her a break, as she was 17-years-old when the bullying started. She may have needed time off to mature enough to handle the sudden fame.
Load More Replies...she is so striking! she doesnt seem real! such hateful people on the internet, envy drives them to hurt others. Im glad she is going again at it and strong!
She is beautiful! My heavens....people go to great lengths to annihilate someone when they are jealous of them! Just be yourself and leave other people alone to their own choices! Don't be ugly inside ..because it WILL show outside!
Why would they call her a cauliflower? That doesn't even make sense. She is flawless!
I can't believe how stunning she is! I love the fact that she doesn't promoting herself with a sexistic way!
i'm green but it's not envy its smugness. i want her to sign my katana and sniff my mawashi gHOcm4R-62...5a7c9c.png
Load More Replies...BULL S**T. I am to care WHY? Looks like a white mans dream of a brown spray painted Barbie novel? yes and??????????????????
She's gorgeous. Her last name is a little unfortunate these days. In this country at least.
Holy Hell that girl is stunning! How in the hell did she not win Top Model?
She's very pretty in real life - I've seen her in videos - but there's something about these pictures that make her look less attractive and more artificial. I think they've photoshopped them. In these pictures she reminds me of Valeriya Lukyanova. She'd be better off doing a natural shoot than trying to look like a doll of some sort.
What a shame she didn't stick to her natural hair and show to fingers to those who torment us black women for being proud of who we are
If she is a Cauliflower head, then cauliflowers are sure damn beautiful!!
omg her facial symmetry is perfect, no wonder she looks like a doll. It's unreal.
I want her to sniff my poo-poo filled mawashi and sign my katana. I also want to lick her and play DooM with her. me-and-my-...c82e5d.png
Load More Replies...She could be beautiful if she stopped trying to look like a plastic doll. She looks fake with those stiff poses and showing no emotions. I would not want my daughters to strive for this.
I was waiting for the picture of Duckie not knowing that the picture I was looking at was actually her. She looks like a beautiful black doll. Give `em hell and get that money. You are a beautiful black young lady!!!!
SHE SIGNED MY KATANA AND LICKED MY MAWASHI KEK BE PRAISED! 4236202-Pe...e09d00.png
Load More Replies...based. but I still want to squeeze her. c509v95lk9...3a-png.jpg
Load More Replies...She's gorgeous. Bangs really suit her. What a beautiful face and skin.
based. she doesn't even look like a thot. she's too natural. pepe-smirk...517e67.gif
Load More Replies...All of her body just like a pure chocolate! Really, she makes me hungry :v
if i get to lick her and have my katana signed i will invite her over to your place so we can lick her together. pepe-eats-...21-png.jpg
Load More Replies...She is beautiful, I thought for a moment I was looking at pictures of a Barbie Doll, till I read the article, they should make a Barbie Doll of her. Anyone bullying her is just simply stupid, jealous, or both.
She and her friend are incredible beauties. They need to get with a good agency and go to Europe. They will come back with more pictures and experience and then New York will go crazy. See only the best photographers while your here. Your pictures are great already you have amazing proportions great hands, just lovely. So tall and lithesome, find artists that are amazed by your look, they will force the doors open for you. Much success to both of you.
It appears that she's a victim of Marfan Syndrome. That will cause her a great deal of problems when she is older, so I hope she can live her life to the fullest before the side effects become too extreme.
still hot though. tall women rule! 9e3-62a040...7-jpeg.jpg
Load More Replies...OK I'm just gonna come out and say it and risk the downvotes. Is it healthy for her to be that skinny? If that's her natural weight, fine. But I'm concerned about the impression her slim body might make on young girls. (I myself am an overly skinny person with low blood pressure and I too am concerned about my own weight and whether it might affect my health.)
from where the f**k you see her as cauliflower head? dude you must be blind please visit a eye specialist and a psychiatrist too.
How could anyone say this young woman isnt beautiful? Look at her! She is stunning! Her skin is like rich dark chocolate and just as smooth. Normally I don't gush over girls, but hey, she is gorgeous! You go girl! Don't let the haters get to you! Raise above!
I want her to gush me in her milky jugs and have her tickle me. I will also poo-poo in my mawashi for her! tumblr_nlm...f044d1.jpg
Load More Replies...How horrible is that Winnie Harlow! She of all people should know what it's like to be different!
Winnie Harlow will get pwned by a man in a diaper! pepe-and-w...9d23a6.jpg
Load More Replies...What a beautiful young woman. Forget what others think. You are stunning.
I want to squeeze and lick her. If I poo-poo in my mawashi will she sign my katana? 13253162-6...6553e.jpeg
I want to squeeze her and lick her! If I poo-poo in my mawashi will she sign my katana? 13253162-6...d9191.jpeg
To me, African women epitomize beauty. Modern models all aim to mimic the full lips, high cheek bones, exotic colouring and slim build which seem to come quite naturally to a great number of Sudanese, Ethiopian and Somali women. Great genes? Could be the cradle of humanity is also the font of beauty. Just thinkin' on my iPad...
OMG she is just gorgeous....I thought it was a real doll.....she looks just like a real doll....she is beautiful....people are just hateful....
Interesting, the original pictures in this article were removed and replaced with only ones that have been Photoshopped to the hilt...her face is not that smooth and she has deep smile lines and different proportions. Anyone can look like a plastic toy with enough clicks on a computer and wigs on her head.
She's stunning. This is what people send thousands of pounds trying to look like.
“You’ll always have people say negative things about you… what people think about you doesn’t define you” This is how to tackle the online trolls.It's about YOU, not THEM.
You will be defeated by a man in a diaper! 2641830-Pe...d0b1be.jpg
Load More Replies...Such a doll! What a beauty... I guess, those people who mocked her was just deadly jealous!
based. she should go to macdonalds with me so she can beat me at sumo wrestling afterwards. i will give her the perfect mawashi! 4odDWnn-62...86-png.jpg
Load More Replies...She is gorgeous!just shouldn't listen to those envious negative comments...Go get the stars Gal.
I think she is AMAZING and beautiful. F**K THE HATERS. They are NOTHING!! Love you Duckie!!
She is a stunner - I really though tI was looking at a doll!! LOL So happy that she got over her issues. This world has too many ppl. who should be looking after their own problems instead of attacking others.
She is a beautiful young woman. Shame on those who cruelly taunted her. I think she is lovely.
She is absolutely stunning, and don't let anyone tell you other wise young lady!
wow, her face looks the same in all the pictures. maybe a smile would be a good variation...
Gotta wonder if you have to be post-traumatic to want to look this way.
I remember her been in next top model and I absolutely love her style and shoots
Barbie never looked this good. I love Duckie, have watched this young lady on her sister's vlog (Nikkie and Jamie, on Youtube), always thought not only is she beautiful but from what I have seen super sweet inside as well and VERY funny! I watch the older vlogs just to see her and her gorgeous sister Nickie hang out/spend time together. They are super adorable together you can tell they are close. I love them because we need more positive role models as such. What I find is when someone is this fierce, the people that are super flawed inside lash out. Duckie keep doing your thing gorgeous!!!
She is gorgeously beautiful, a very rare one! Its envy, jealousy and insecurity that make people turn into bullies. Never take note of their opinion!
Sumo is the ancient shinto art of LOSER STOMPING! 2679069-Pe...b6-png.jpg
Load More Replies...She is stunning!! Don't listen to the internet bullies or trolls. Those type of people are ugly and unhappy with their own life. So be yourself and make your parents proud of you for what you have become. You are absolutely smart and confidently beautiful!!
Ooooh look, another "great looking woman used to feel bad but feels better now, you go girl!" thread. VOMIT
Oh it's you again. Stop upvoting your own comments. Trolls don't feed themselves you know.
Load More Replies...who's more creepy her or a super duper sumo who wants to offer her a poop filled mawashi! sale-on-to...b8efd5.png
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